Romanogobio macropterus (Kamensky, 1901)

Kaya, Cueneyt, Baycelebi, Esra & Turan, Davut, 2020, Taxonomic assessment and distribution of fishes in upper Kura and Aras river drainages, Zoosystematics and Evolution 96 (2), pp. 325-344 : 325

Romanogobio macropterus (Kamensky, 1901) Fig. 4d

Common / local names.

Kura gudgeon / Kura Derekayası *.

IUCN status.

Least concern (LC).

Examined material.

FFR 5977, Kura River at Yalnızçam, 41.0709N, 42.4844E . - FFR 5922, Stream Cakir , 3 km south of Çakıldere, Kura drainage, 40.9669N, 42.5861E . Not preserved, Stream Kars at campus of Kafkas University, Aras drainage, 40.5814N, 43.0591E . - FFR 5969, Aras River at Köprüçay, 39.9699N, 41.8883E .

Distribution in the area.

Kura and Aras River drainages in northeastern Turkey.

Remarks.

The type locality of the species is the Caucasus. The Kura population was identified as R. macropterus . However, we observed some morphological differences between Kura and Aras populations obtained in this study. The Aras population has a slenderer body and caudal peduncle than R. macropterus from Kura (Fig. 4d , 4e ). Therefore, we encourage detailed morphologic and molecular research including the Kura, Aras and Urmia populations to clarify the taxonomic position of the Aras population.

Figures

Figure 4. Gobiidae and Gobionidae species collected in the area, a, Neogobius fluviatilis from B- 20 canal, Aras; b, Ponticola cyrius from Kura River at Yalnizcam; c, Pseudorasbora parva from Lake Aktas, Kura; d, Romanogobio macropterus from Kura River at Yalnizcam; e, Romanogobio macropterus from Kura River at Yalnizcam.